Editing Signs of Affinity

Not everyone can handle the awesome power contained within the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the select few [[Transformer]]s who can however are set apart from their fellows by displaying the '''Signs of Affinity'''.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The Signs of Affinity included, having optics the same shade of "liberty blue" as the [[Matrix Flame]], finding [[Living metal#IDW Generation 1 continuity|''sentio metallico'']] wet to the touch, becoming giddy when standing on a hot spot and making a [[photonic crystal]] "snap" when placing it upon their chest. Ones who displayed the Signs was called "Sign-Sensitive". {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

After [[Nominus Prime]] <s>was assassinated by the [[Senate]]</s> tragically died from a rust infection is his [[fuel pump]] that had been aggravated by a suicide bomber, the Matrix Flame went out but quite conveniently, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|someone close to the Senate]] was displaying the Signs of Affinity. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

The M.T.O. [[Getaway]] was noted to display the Signs, {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} which snowballed into a belief that he was destined to become a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. This made him ''most'' upset when [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] was chosen to carry the Matrix, viewing the legendary commander as "a glorified trophy cabinet". {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}} [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was also noted to have "arresting, thousand-watt Matrix Blue" optics which made him "compatible". {{storylink|Zero Point}}

After seizing control of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', Getaway ranted to [[Froid]] about his dream of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] bestowing Primehood onto him and how he displayed all the Signs of Affinity. Froid casually noted that he'd treated ''dozens'' of patients who'd thought they were Sign-Sensitive and that these delusions usually served as an indicator of early onset ''[[Primus apotheosis]]''. But he didn't think Getaway was crazy. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

==Trivia==
*The basic idea, if not the name, of the Signs of Affinity was first put forth in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|original comic]] where a handful of Transformers, most notably [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], were stated to possess a natural affinity for the Creation Matrix.

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformer culture]]